Hi folks
I'm looking for an backlight notification app for our SGW.
There is BLN Control which needs an BLN-kernel/mod but I don't want to flash (right now). There also is NoLED which drains somehow battery because initially it is for amoled devices which do not need backlid screen when displaying icons like LCD does. Is there something like "LG Touch Notifications"? I found this for my wifes optimus black and it is awesome. It gives all I need. You can set the frequency and fade for the touch key LED. Set how long and when to blink (you can define sleeping hours ). It also sets repeating sound and vibration.
Do you know something similar or is it possible to port the LG thing to SGW?
Thanks in advance
holydiver
This is a great thing! Now if some one could actually port it for our device...
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Hi,
I found that it works with some Samsung devices: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823922
The corresponding file is in /system/hw/ on my device (original rom) it's called lights.msm7k.so
I don't know how to programm, but it should be possible to get the code from the Samsung i9000 and port it to our file.
Hi
So it should work. But this ist for original BLN. Maybe someone could integrate it to our SGW w/o kernel flash.
This almost works...
https://market.android.com/details?...mNvbS5hZGR2YWxzb2x1dGlvbnMuZmxhc2hub3RpZnkiXQ..
What do you mean by "almost works"?
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What do you mean by "almost works"?
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Well you seem to have to disable native alerts for sms, which is no good really,
@phonesgw
Do you think it works without special kernel? As the link you are referring is talking of BLN-Kernel
@tmcthree
Did this tool work for you? This means you use the flash light for notification? But therefore you have to place the phone upside down on the table to see it flashing.
I've got no idea of programming android. What is the difficulty of controlling the LED of the smartbuttons? Why do I need special kernel?
holydiver
I Am allso searching for a application that lets the Home-Key blink when there is a missed call.. SMS or Email. (My girlfriend has the SGW)
Regarding the LG app.. i used it to... but after 2.3.4 ... the app said it needs Root access to work.
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We are still running our LG Optimus Black on 2.2.2. As I read of several disadvantages of updating to 2.3.4 I decided not to do that (until now ;-) ). Are you sure you need root? Why that?
I wrote Martin Börjesson, the developer of LG LED Touch Notification. His app is open source and he is willing to help with porting it to other devices. So what we need is someone who knows what to do.
holydiver
So far no one interested in notification by soft key?
Anyone who can shortly explain what to do and how to learn?
holydiver
so far now people interest with this ?????
any developer willing to help...............?????
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Well I have searched and searched and can not seem to figure out how to disable the service led without disabling all the functions of ALLledmgr. Of course that works but that means vibration and a number of other things. Someone had mentioned the nled reg entry hack tried that no luck. I have looked through countless dlls and files for any reference that might come close to disabling the service led but I just cant seem to find it. So many other phones(cheap phones) let you disable it why cant this one?
I remember back to a simple hex edit on my motorola that could do many things we even had script files that could change the leds colors etc and do crazy things on boot etc(that was linux of course).
So any of you pros out there came across anything that might be related to the service led?
i love the service LED's if it werent for them i wouldnt like my TyTN as much .. they really mean that much to me
sadly we're not in the good ole' motorola days (that was bliss) but i have the perfect soloution! :
Get a black permanent marker, and colour in the Service LED
et voila!! it no longer flashes and you still have vibrate, sounds etc ...
LOL
That´s was a really tip problem solution !!
Service LED does not bother me at all.
Or gently mash it with a sharp knife or screwdriver. (same solution for that silly light/speaker on cars that warn you to put a seatbelt on)
Maybe I wasnt clear about what I wanted. When I meant service led I meant that it just constantly flashes green to tell you that you have a signal. I want my leds to work, but the way I want them to. I want them to flash when I have a missed call or unread message etc. I just do not want it to constantly flash green in a service area Im always in a service area.
Many of you laugh of course and say it doesnt bother you etc. But I bet that when it is figured out where and how it is access and then being able to customize it change its colors etc, those who laugh will also be among the people using those nifty custom leds(blue for bluetooth,green for message,orange for missed call etc. So try and support the idea instead of laughing at it.
For me seeing that green flash over and over is just a constant reminder of something I can not customize on my super customized phone.
Psiodon
Psiodon said:
Well I have searched and searched and can not seem to figure out how to disable the service led without disabling all the functions of ALLledmgr. Of course that works but that means vibration and a number of other things. Someone had mentioned the nled reg entry hack tried that no luck. I have looked through countless dlls and files for any reference that might come close to disabling the service led but I just cant seem to find it. So many other phones(cheap phones) let you disable it why cant this one?
I remember back to a simple hex edit on my motorola that could do many things we even had script files that could change the leds colors etc and do crazy things on boot etc(that was linux of course).
So any of you pros out there came across anything that might be related to the service led?
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try this out
Wow the attatched file actually worked! Still maintain all other functions with only the service led disabled. Im going to start ripping it apart and see if I can come up with anything new.
Thanks much for finding it, making it, or whatever, hats off to you.
Psiodon
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Wow the attatched file actually worked! Still maintain all other functions with only the service led disabled. Im going to start ripping it apart and see if I can come up with anything new.
Thanks much for finding it, making it, or whatever, hats off to you.
Psiodon
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that one was too early. it has a bug when charging. i have a 3.1 version that reads if the charger is on and works better. if you want it let me know.
this 2.1 version is the one i use.
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that one was too early. it has a bug when charging. i have a 3.1 version that reads if the charger is on and works better. if you want it let me know.
this 2.1 version is the one i use.
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Please do post the 3.1 verison and thanks
The first one you posted seems to e 3.0 the second 2.1, ill try it to see whats the difference but 3.0 works fine even when charging except it gives you a flashing orange led instead of constant on led, letting it charge to full and see what happens. Yes please post any versions you have so I can try to see the different modifications they are doing between them.
I can see that it is simply using a mort script to scan the notification que for changes and using the treo exe to make modifications. Im in the process of decompiling the treo exe to see what mods can be made.
My concern here(which may be a retarded one so small) that you have a fight going on with the phone constantly telling it to do one thing and the mortscript and treo exe telling it to do something else. I can see that mortscript is using about 3%cpu cycle every 5 seconds or so. Not sure if that is going to impact battery usage or not, but my end goal would be do away with the fighting and just having the os do what its supposed to do.
Psiodon
I would like to request that anyone who likes or uses this app please stop by thier forums and send a thank you. After reading through all the threads they put alot of time and effort to make it work. And although it was not designed for our phones by chance it works. I have already sent my thank yous and hope more will do the same.
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?p=1313922#post1313922
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6800-xv6800/89656-led-killer-3-1-a.html
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Please do post the 3.1 verison and thanks
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i put 3.1 in place of 3.0
i still think 2.1 is better. still work in progess.
fixed it myself
latest version installed working good no problems
Psiodon
@psiodon: Did you do any "re-work" on it? If yes, could u please attach here so everybody can benefit?
Thanks
Chris
No I have not done anything at all since it is already functional, what I am currently looking into is the other three leds that we have and what can done with them. Im also trying to figure out more info on our leds, if they are only tri color, etc and if its possible to get our two green and red phone leds blinking as a notification as well, but I am pretty sure those two leds are controlled together as on or off and probably cannot be controlled individually, time will tell.
Psiodon
Did this work on HTC Artemis (o2 Orbit) too?
Thank you!
Just a quick note of thanks to CodyPPC for the link!
That damned service light has been annoying me for months - I've taken to putting the phone in a draw / turning it upside down to stop the flashing annoying me when trying to get to sleep in an otherwise totally dark room!
This was the 1st site to come up on a google search - and am really impressed - cheers!
I'll send thanks to the devs on the other forum as well.
It looks like you're looking to enhance/fiddle with this further - controlling the LED's in various ways - - have you made any progress? are you in a position to share any code (compiled/source) or tips? I just want to dabble - have no real goal in mind - -- - the main thing is no more flashing green!!! woo!
Just wondering, but is there any way to increase the pulsing speed of the trackpad LED?
A lot of people have suggested LedMe Know but it doesn't have support for Google Voice (which I use for sms) and it flashes the trackpad, rather than pulses.
I've also tried Light Flow and although it pulses the trackpad and supports Voice, it doesn't change the speed of the pulse
Any suggestions?
Have you tried playing with the custom timing settings in Led me know?
If gvoice isn't supported, then perhaps it wont work....sry if it doesn't.
Well, like I said up top, it only flashes the led, instead of the pulses, regardless of any speed settings.
Plus no Google Voice in LedMe Know. Light Flow does support it (so its definately possible ), but it does not alter the pulse frequency so it doesn't add anything that stock didn't already do.
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Maybe you could contact the app developers and get them to add the feature(s)?
Some can be surprisingly responsive.
Good suggestion...but not quite the solution I'm looking for since LedMe flashes rather than pulses and I'd prefer if I didn't have to keep an app in memory just to change the frequency of a stock feature :/
Maybe there's a way to modify the lights.vision.so or something?
EDIT: I doubt the developer would try his hand at pulsing rather than flashing since it seems I'm just a minority who prefers the trackpad led rather than the speaker led. Also this seems like a device specific feature and the dev says in the app description: "only available at the moment for htc desire 2.2" so I doubt he has a DZ to test on... I found
EDIT2: I found exactly what I was looking for (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5609688&postcount=25) but sadly its only for Nexus One. I'm messaging the developer to see if maybe he'd port it over...
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Yeah I dont know much about editing those files, but some app devs are helpful. It might actually just be a quick edit for them to gain compatibility with GVoice.
I only use LED me know to flash my trackpad light really fast, upon arrival of sms' through tmobile carrier/handcent tho.
I hope you figure something out. I would like like it to pulse fast rather then just blink.
daaango said:
Good suggestion...but not quite the solution I'm looking for since LedMe flashes rather than pulses and I'd prefer if I didn't have to keep an app in memory just to change the frequency of a stock feature :/
Maybe there's a way to modify the lights.vision.so or something?
EDIT: I doubt the developer would try his hand at pulsing rather than flashing since it seems I'm just a minority who prefers the trackpad led rather than the speaker led. Also this seems like a device specific feature and the dev says in the app description: "only available at the moment for htc desire 2.2" so I doubt he has a DZ to test on... I found
EDIT2: I found exactly what I was looking for (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5609688&postcount=25) but sadly its only for Nexus One. I'm messaging the developer to see if maybe he'd port it over...
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Switch to an MIUI rom. It has the feature built in.
I appreciate pulsing the trackpad LED as well. However it's too slow a pulse at default speed, to be able to quickly peek at your phone and be able to tell if you have a message or not.
xREVOx: What exactly is this feature called? I want to look around and see if it will be included in the net CyanogenMod version.
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I appreciate pulsing the trackpad LED as well. However it's too slow a pulse at default speed, to be able to quickly peek at your phone and be able to tell if you have a message or not.
xREVOx: What exactly is this feature called? I want to look around and see if it will be included in the net CyanogenMod version.
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I'm not using the MIUI rom right now, but it was called either Pulse Frequency or Pulse Delay. Default is 9 seconds. You can change it to as little as a 1 second delay.
I might have to flash it just to check it out and see how it works.
Currently I have LED me know flash my trackpad at 100 milisec. on and 100 milisec. off. Flashes fast and I notice it right away when checking for messages.
I just rather have the pulsing close to that speed.
Well I guess its nice to know that there's an actual solution... I wonder how hard it is to extract from miui rom?
I was looking around for the source of miui, but apparently its not released by their dev team...?
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daaango said:
Well I guess its nice to know that there's an actual solution... I wonder how hard it is to extract from miui rom?
I was looking around for the source of miui, but apparently its not released by their dev team...?
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You could try just flashing the exact file that controls it to your phone, from the MIUI rom... not sure exactly what it is though.
Proxin said:
You could try just flashing the exact file that controls it to your phone, from the MIUI rom... not sure exactly what it is though.
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I believe its in Settings? I saw a video of MIUI running on a G2 and Trackpad Settings was in the Settings menu...not sure if it contains the pulse frequency but meh. If it is, I don't think it'll be too smart to flash it but idk.
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Hi all,
This is my first post on xda so please move it to the right section if this isn't it.
As the sgs2 doesn't have a notification led I was wondering if there is a possibility to have the soft keys flash upon receiving a text or an email and so on.
Reason I thought id suggest it because my other phone the lg o2x has the same issue with regards to the led and there is an app for that.
I am willing to buy it from the market to support the developer of course.
What you are looking for is called Backlight Notfication or BLN and as far as i know the kernel for the phone needs to support this. Since the SGS2 is fairly new there isn't a kernel with working BLN yet but most of the kernel hackers are looking into this feature. I'm sure it's coming, it just needs some time.
Hope this answers your question even if it doesn't help you with your problem.
Thanks for the quick answer. I just thought id put it out there.
It's not really an issue since most ppl prob check their phone regularly but I think it would be a nice addition to have it think.... Especially at night when you don't really want to turn your phone on every few mins to check for a notification
I miss this as well.
It seems to be rly complicated to implement, as some ppl are working on it for quite some month (!) now and still there's no BLN available… I hope that some day we'll have it nevertheless…
lauslein said:
It seems to be rly complicated to implement, as some ppl are working on it for quite some month (!) now and still there's no BLN available… I hope that some day we'll have it nevertheless…
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Well, if you consider that these people do it all in their free time then "month" suddenly isn't that much. Also this is probably not a top priority in the first kernel releases. These will concentrate on speed and stability, before new features are added.
Patience is a virtue, especially if you don't have to pay for the finished product
robifis said:
Hi all,
This is my first post on xda so please move it to the right section if this isn't it.
As the sgs2 doesn't have a notification led I was wondering if there is a possibility to have the soft keys flash upon receiving a text or an email and so on.
Reason I thought id suggest it because my other phone the lg o2x has the same issue with regards to the led and there is an app for that.
I am willing to buy it from the market to support the developer of course.
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hello,
maybe this app can help you -> https://market.android.com/details?id=com.led.notify&feature=search_result
Hi everybody
After a while searching, flashing and messing things up, i realized that the DHD's led is only at mid-quality level. It's even worse than my previous phone - the old G1 - because the led can only handle green, orange and red. And with some custom roms, it's hard to control your led notifications, it goes up and down every time, behaves abnormally, usually does NOT flash at all and force you light up the screen only for ensuring that you don't miss any important information etc...
So it's annoying and disappointing too.
Is there an application that can change this situation? Not be able to force the Led flashing in blue of course LOL, but it can handle the constant flashing at least? I heard about an app called "led me know" over the Desire forum, but don't know if it supports our device? And it would be perfect if there's one which can make the touch keys back-light flash as the led. Would be very amazing if existed ^^
Thanks in advance
Any one? Any ideas?
Still no one has some interest on this?
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I remember searching something like this a long ago, and i found an app that can control the led notification, i believe is still in the market, or at least here in xda, i will try to search for it.
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Light Flow Try this app, download free one first, see if it works.
LOL thank you very much!
But if there's something like touch keys backlight notification... It would be definitely awesome!!!! Like the one in samsung galaxy forum...
jilee said:
Hi everybody
After a while searching, flashing and messing things up, i realized that the DHD's led is only at mid-quality level. It's even worse than my previous phone - the old G1 - because the led can only handle green, orange and red. And with some custom roms, it's hard to control your led notifications, it goes up and down every time, behaves abnormally, usually does NOT flash at all and force you light up the screen only for ensuring that you don't miss any important information etc...
So it's annoying and disappointing too.
Is there an application that can change this situation? Not be able to force the Led flashing in blue of course LOL, but it can handle the constant flashing at least? I heard about an app called "led me know" over the Desire forum, but don't know if it supports our device? And it would be perfect if there's one which can make the touch keys back-light flash as the led. Would be very amazing if existed ^^
Thanks in advance
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The G1 had more color leds. Remembered using blue for txt and magenta for missed calls, unless you knew that
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bluizzo said:
The G1 had more color leds. Remembered using blue for txt and magenta for missed calls, unless you knew that
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I can't follow you. Did you mean you set up the G1 with blue and magenta colour, or that's what you suggested me to do so on our DHD?
And for the alternative apps question, any one has an idea please????
Thanks,
Hey guys,
is there any news on this LED thing?
I also would like if the LED would not stop blinking after a while and it looks like "LED me know" won't work on the DHD with V. 2.3.5 & Sense 3.0.
Maybe the DHD need to be rooted for that?
Is there a kernel available with BLN support?
I really mis a notification led on my galaxy w, so I only see missed calls when I unlock the phone. (which often is way too late).
I guess many of you suffer from the same problems.
Apparantly, the menu and back softkeys can be used as notification led is BackLightNotifications are enabled in the kernel. It exists already for galaxy sII.
Any plans of seeing this in an upcoming kernel?
thanks
Such kernel was not made yet for our phone. And one more thing you don't make threads with question in the developer section. Questions goes under General section!
ok, will do.
thanks for the advice
Thiso said:
Is there a kernel available with BLN support?
I really mis a notification led on my galaxy w, so I only see missed calls when I unlock the phone. (which often is way too late).
I guess many of you suffer from the same problems.
Apparantly, the menu and back softkeys can be used as notification led is BackLightNotifications are enabled in the kernel. It exists already for galaxy sII.
Any plans of seeing this in an upcoming kernel?
thanks
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I am also interested to use these keys light as notification indicator for miss call and sms.
The other option is to use NoLed app from market, but it used main display to notify the user which is not good.
Yeah, I saw that one too, but that will eat battery...
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